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vLetters Patentlila 107,238, dated Sptembeli 13, 187

IMPROVEMENT 'IN ELASTIC NASAL PLUG-S.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whfom it may concern,.-4

Be it known that I, J .eM-Es J. EssEX,-of Newport,

in the county of Newport and State ofRllode Island,

have invented anew` and improved Elastic Nasal Plug; and I dolierebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and usethe same, reference being had to lthe, accompanying drawing formingpartof this speci'cation, in which-- Figures'l and 2 are sectionalvie'ws of' my improved nasal plug. Y l Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts.

The object of' this invention is to improve the ordinary nasal plugswhich are now in use, and to reuderthem more practically applicable thanthe rigid hollow cones or plugs.

The invention consists iu applying to such rigid plugs an elasticcovering, which-makes them in part tlexible, and adaptable to differentsized and shaped nostrils, and which, at the same time, retains theadvantages of rigidity and durability.

A, in the drawing, represents a hollow cone or plug, made ot metal orother suitable material, and'secured to the rubber or other tube of asyringe, orto any other apparatus for supplying the matter to beinjected.

Tile cone or plug may be'secured, by screw or otherwise, to such tube orother apparatus.

B represents the rubber covering of such plug. It is drawn over andextends slightly beyond the end of the saine, so as to make the tiprather more elastic than the other parts.-

Where the concis secured to'a pipe or other apparatus, as aforesaid, therubbercovering may be short, and rest on a shoulder oi" the plug, or -beotherwise heldl in place. When, however, a rubber tube, B', is arrangedas a conductor of' the liquid to the plug A', I prefer to simply insertthe plug in the end of Such tube, as is clearly shown in iig. 1, therebyobtaining the same result with less expense.

, If the plug is inserted in the tube, the tube is also allowed to'project beyond the end of the plug, as shown.

vHaving thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Leters Patent- As an article or"manufacture, a nasal plug, consisting of a perforated former inserted intheen'd of a rubber tube, substantially as shown and described.

. The above specicatiou of my invention signed by me this 8th day ofNovember, 1869.

JAMES J. ESSEX.

Witnesses Geo. W. Manns, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

